#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:45) – WolframAlpha and ChatGPT<br />
(26:26) – Computation and nature of reality<br />
(53:18) – How ChatGPT works<br />
(1:53:01) – Human and animal cognition<br />
(2:06:20) – Dangers of AI<br />
(2:14:39) – Nature of truth<br />
(2:36:01) – Future of education<br />
(3:12:03) – Consciousness<br />
(3:21:02) – Second Law of Thermodynamics<br />
(3:44:36) – Entropy<br />
(3:57:36) – Observers in physics<br />
(4:14:27) – Mortality</p>